Tag: europe

European Eastern Catholic Bishops’ Annual Meeting in Sofia

SOFIA, Bulgaria, NOV. 8, 2010 (Zenit.org). The Eastern Catholic bishops of Europe are underlining their full communion with the See of Peter as part of the criteria of ecclesiology of the Churches.…

The Civic State and Middle East Christianity

Interview with Jesuit Father Samir Khalil, by Robert Cheaib of Zenit Vatican City, 21 October, 2010 (Zenit.org). The role of the civic state in stressing values such as citizenship is key in…

Russian Federation and Holy See: Full Diplomatic Relations

Archbishop Antonio Mennini, up until now the Pope’s representative to the Russian Federation, has now been appointed the Holy See’s first apostolic nuncio to the country. The archbishop presented his letters of…

Orientale Lumen Conference Euro East III

Jack Figel of SSJC USA announces, December 20th, 2009: After my private audience with His All Holiness, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, we have finalized the speakers and agenda for the upcoming Orientale Lumen…

French Seminary Trains for Orthodox Resurgence

Ecumenical News International reports from Epinay-sous-Senart, France, January 5th 2010: Inside a plain stone building that was once a Catholic convent in the center of town, a dozen black-robed seminarians struggle over…

The New Rome-Moscow Alliance to Fight Secularism in Europe

Archibishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk Robert Moynihan, the seasoned “Inside the Vatican” journalist who authors the blog, The Moynihan Report, detects in the recent establishment of full diplomatic relations between Russia and the…

Holy See and Russia Establish Full Diplomatic Relations

The Press Office of the Holy See Press Office released the following communique yesterday evening (3rd December 2009): This afternoon, 3 December 2009, His Holiness Benedict XVI received in audience Dimitri Medvedev,…